Grip hanger



Sept. 18, 1945..

J. HALPERT ETAL GRIP HANGER Filed May 27, 1944 INVENTORS JOHN 'HALPERTEST ELLE LAMBERT Patented Sept. 18, 1945 GRIP HANGER .1 ohn Halpert andEstelle Lambert,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application May 27, 1944, Serial No. 537,620

3 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful means in grip hanger.

More specifically the invention proposes the construction of a griphanger bent entirely from the length of wire and having an extension onthe end of its hook portion for gripping the hanger support rod. Presentday constructions of wire garment hangers are objectionable in that thehook portions are of an insufficient length to properly support thehanger andit has been found that the application of heavy garments tothese hangers causes them under the weight of garments to slip from thehanger support rod.

This invention proposes extending the end of the hook portion of thegrip hanger in a manner to provide additional material on the hookportion for frictionally and otherwise gripping and maintaining thehanger in an engaged position with the hanger support rod regardless ofthe weight of the garment positioned on the hanger.

A modification of the invention proposes the provision of 2. turned inend of the hook portion continuing into a keeper element which isadapted to be engaged with a portion of the hook member after beingengaged upon the hanger support rod. This construction causes the hookto completely encircle the support rod and prevents the accidentaldisengagement of the hook portion from the support rod.

Another object of the invention proposes forming the extension of thehook portion of the hanger as an attachment which is adapted to beapplied to hangers in every-day use to increase the extended end oftheir hook portions, to insure a proper engagement with the support rod.

It is a further object of this invention to construct a grip hangerwhich is simple and durable and which may be manufactured and sold at areasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure-Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a garment hanger constructed inaccordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the grip hanger constructed inaccordance with a modification of this invention.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but illustrating the open position ofthe hook portion.

Fig. l is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4-4 ofFig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the keeper element per se.

Fig. 6 is an elevational view of a grip hanger constructed in accordancewith a still further .modification of this invention.

1 Fig. 7 is a partial end elevational view looking in the direction ofthe line 1-4 of Fig. 6.

Fig.8 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 8-3 ofFig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the clamps used in the form ofthe invention shown in Fig. 6 but opened up in a manner to clearlyillustrate how it is bent.

The grip hanger garment according to this invention, includes a lengthof wire it! which has both of its ends twisted around a section of thewire forming a vertical neck H for the hanger. Those portions of thewire disposed beneath the neck I I are shaped into a horizontal loopportion 42 forming a shoulder for the hanger.

The other end of the length of the wire to continues beyond and upwardsfrom the vertical neck I l and is bent into a hook portion 13. This hookportion I3 is adapted to engage about the hanger support rod-(as shownon the drawing) for supporting the garment hanger.

An extension l4 continues from the hook portion l3 and is adapted togrip the hanger support rod and prevent the garment hanger from becomingaccidentall disengaged therefrom. In

his first form of the invention the extension is integrally formed withthe hook portion I3 and extends continuously from the end thereof.

Wire garment hangers as they are new conventionally constructed havebeen found objectionable in that their hook portions are not durableenough to support the hanger under the weight of heavy garments placedthereon, as a result it has been found that when such heavy garmentshave been placed upon these wire hangers the weight has caused the hookportion to be bent open with a result that the garment and hanger fallsto the floor. The formation of this extension on the end of the hookinsures a rigid grip of the support rod preventing the hook portion frombecoming accidentally disengaged from the support rod regardless of theweight of the garment position on the hanger.

In the modification of the invention shown in Figs. 3 to 5 the free endof the extension I4 of the hook portion continues into the keeperelement I5. This keeper element I5 is adapted to be engaged with the topend of the vertical neck portion ll of the grip hanger to maintain thehook portion I3 closed. With the hook portion closed as shown in Fig. 2after being engaged on a support rod, it will be seen that it isimpossible for the hook portion l3 to become disengaged from its supportrod. The open position of the keeper element 15 is illustrated in Fig.3.

In the modification of the invention shown in Figs. 6 to 9 theconstruction of the extension 20 for the hook portion [3 of the garmenthanger is in the nature of the separate element adapted to be extendedalong the side of the hook portion l3. The element 20 is shaped toconform with a shape of the hook portion l3 and is provided at spacedpoints with integral clamp portions 2| which are adapted to be engagedon the hook portion i3 for securely maintaining the extension 20 inposition upon the hook portion. These clamp portions 2| are bent fromthe material of the extension 20 and provides a means for maintainingthis extension on the hook portion of wire garment hangers now in use.

In other respects this form of the invention is similar to thatpreviously shown and like reference numerals identify like parts in eachof the several views.

It is to be understood that this hanger may be made of any suitablematerial, such as wire, plastics, wood, etc.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of ourinvention, it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by United State Letters Patent is:

l. A grip hanger, comprising a length of wire having one end twistedaround a, section of said wire forming a vertical neck for the hanger,the portions of said wire beneath said neck being shaped into ahorizontal loop portion forming the shoulders for said hanger, the otherend of said wire continuing upwards into a hook portion for the hanger,and a movable extension member on said hook portion for grippin a hangersupport rod to selected angular amounts, said extension being in theform of a separate member extended along said hook portion and havingclamps formed on said extension member for gripping said hook portion.

2. A grip hanger, comprising a length of wire having one end twistedaround a section of said wire forming a vertical neck for the hanger,the portions .of said wire beneath said neck being shaped into ahorizontal loop portion forming the shoulders for said hanger, the otherend of said wire continuing upwards into a hook portion for the hanger,and a movable extension member on said hook portion for gripping ahanger support rod to selected angular amounts, said extension being inthe form of a separate member extended along said hook portion andhaving clamps formed on said extension member for gripping said hookportion, said clamps being bent from the material of said extensionmember.

3. A grip hanger, comprising a length of wire having one end twistedaround a section of said wire forming a vertical neck for the hanger,the portions of said wire beneath said neck being shaped into ahorizontal loop portion forming the shoulders for said hanger, the otherend of said wire continuing upwards into a hook portion for the hanger,and a movable extension member on said hook portion for gripping ahanger support rod to selected angular amounts, said extension being inthe form of a separate member extended along said hook portion andhaving clamps formed on said extension member for gripping said hookportion, said clamps being bent from the material of said extensionmember,and partially extending around the wire forming said hookportion.

JOHN HALPERT. ESTELLE LAMBERT.

